2016~2017学年度第一学期期末调研试卷二、听对话或独白，根据对话或独白的内容，从下面各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳选项。
每段对话或独白你将听两遍。
（共15分，每小题1.5分）请听一段对话，完成第6至7小题。
6. How long has Jim learned Chinese?A. For about 3 weeks.B. For about 3 months.C. For about 3 years.7. What’s the girl’s advice on learning Chinese?A. Taking notes in class.B. Joining a Chinese club.C. Speaking to Chinese friends.请听一段对话，完成第8至9小题。
8. Who is Mr. Smith?A. Tom’s father.B. Miss Green’s classmate.C. A science teacher.9. What do Tom’s classmates think about the life on Mars?A. They think it very interesting.B. They find it a little boring.C. They hope they could go to Mars.请听一段对话，完成第10至11小题。
10. When should they leave home?A. At 6:30.B. At 7:00.C. At 7:30.11. What will the girl wear at the party?A. A red skirt.B. A pink dress.C. A new jacket.请听一段对话，完成第12至13小题。
12. Why is Mary worried?A. She is a new student in this school.B. She is afraid of getting up late.C. She isn’t ready for the lesson.13. What does Mary think of the man?A. He is hard-working.B. He is kind.C. He is careful.请听一段独白，完成第14至15小题。
14. Why do you need to drink much water during the trip?A. Riding needs lots of water.B. You need to ride very far.C. Riding needs lots of energy.15. What does the speaker tell us?A. Suggestions about the safety of riding bikes.B. Suggestions about the danger of riding bikes.C. Suggestions about the pleasure of riding bikes.三、听独白，记录关键信息，独白你将听两遍。
（共10分，每小题2分）四、单项填空（共10分，每小题1分）21. —Look at ________ girl in red. Do you know her? —I’m afraid not.A. aB. anC. theD. /22. Jack read a number ________ new books last month.A. inB. ofC. toD. at23. The students made up ________ mind to tell the truth to Miss Wang.A. theyB. themC. theirD. theirs24. Mary asked me _________ with the washing.A. helpB. helpsC. to helpD. helped25. We will meet the English friends ________ we have time.A. ifB. soC. butD. and26. Mr. White is such a person ________ always thinks about others.A. whoB. howC. whenD. where27. This mat is ________ than that one.A. thickB. thickerC. thickestD. the thickest28. Betty ________ in Beijing since last year.A. isB. wasC. will beD. has been29. The pop singer ________ Star of the Year in 2015.A. is namedB. was namedC. has been namedD. will be named30. —Can you tell me ________? —Yes, it’s over there.A. where is the theme parkB. where the theme park isC. where was the theme parkD. where the theme park was五、完形填空（共15分，每小题1.5分）After thirty years in the classroom, I have come to realize tha t teacher’s behavior can31 a world of difference for a child. This is one such 32 .While I was attending(参加) a party being held at a high school one evening, I looked around and noticed a young girl who looked 33 . I thought she had been a student of mine. I 34 to remember her name, but I couldn’t. I felt so frustrated(沮丧的), as I have always been able to remember former(以前的) students.Her eyes 35 mine and she threw her arms around me and said,“Mrs. Smith, it’s me, Sarah, and I’m still writing!”The memories came back. You see, Sarah was 36 a student in my classroom. Sarah’s mother and father had left her. She was sent to live with her grandparents the year I met her. Sarah was 37 , often in trouble and often in the office.It was during one of those office visits that I first met her. She was writing. I introduced myself to her and asked her what she was writing. Sarah shared her story with me. I knew it was healing(康复) for her to put her thoughts on 38 . Every morning before school she would come into my classroom and we would work on her writing skills.Our conversation that evening was filled with 39 . She expected to go to college. Driving home, I could not help but realize the impact(影响) for both good and bad that teachers have upon their students. Taking the time to connect with a child has the power to change that child’s life. That’s why I 40 .31. A. let B. make C. build D. invent32. A. child B. lesson C. history D. story33. A. beautiful B. familiar C. strange D. different34. A. tried B. wanted C. wished D. expected35. A. met B. looked C. touched D. communicated36. A. ever B. just C. never D. still37. A. sad B. happy C. angry D. comfortable38. A. paper B. book C. newspaper D. dictionary39. A. fun B. hope C. fear D. darkness40. A. work B. live C. learn D. teach六、阅读下列短文A41. When Li Lei felt __________, her friend gave her the book A Friend like Henry.A. happyB. sadC. boredD. excited42. Tony’s favorite book is __________.A. Harry PotterB. The Little PrinceC. The Romance of the Three KingdomsD. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea43. We can learn a lot about __________ from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.A. travelingB. historyC. scienceD. maths44.Mary thinks The Little Prince is the best because __________.A. it has fantastic picturesB. it can deal with her autismC. it tells about the correct valuesD. it is interestingBIn modern society, living without money sounds almost impossible. However, that’s exactly what an Australian couple from a big city has been doing for nearly a whole year.Rachel Newby, 25, and Liam Culbertson, 27, have come up with creative ways of making it through the year without spending any money. They built themselves a new house. The house was made of used wood and recycled materials. They grew their own food, and at times they didn’t hesitate(犹豫) to look for food in the dustbins (垃圾箱).But this year has been quite difficult. The soil(土壤) in their garden was too poor to grow vegetables. The climate there was terrible as well. They kept moving their home till they finally lived in a 2.5-square(平方)-meter house. They collected cold rainwater to take a shower. What’s worse, they had to share a toilet with the rest of the community.Even though they had no jobs, they didn’t have a lot of free time to waste. They spent most of the day working for local farmers planting vegetables and picking fruit so that they could earn their next meal. They had five ducks that could provide them with fresh eggs. But when there wasn’t enough food for them, they had to go to look for food in the dustbins.Not everyone is brave enough to do this. But they really made it work and they felt happy.45. How long does the Australian couple live without money?A. For nearly a day.B. For nearly a week.C. For nearly a month.D. For nearly a whole year.46. How did the Australian couple feed themselves?A. They sold vegetables and fruit for money.B. They mainly depended on the food in the dustbins.C. They tried their best to get everything necessary themselves.D. They expected other people to give food to them.47. How might the writer feel about the Australian couple?A. They are a bit strange.B. They are very brave.C. They are young and smart.D. They are very funny.48. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?A. The Australian couple hated the city life so they lived in the country.B. The Australian couple would continue to live there for the rest of their life.C. Nothing is impossible as long as you use your head and work hard enough.D. More and more old people are looking forward to living in the countryside.CSmoking in indoor public places including public working places, public transport vehicles(车辆) and some other special outdoor working places has been banned(禁止) in China since January 2011. Let’s look at the following advantages of banning smoking.First, banning smoking will not only help in saving smokers from health problems and diseases, but will also be good for passive(被动) smokers. When the smoker is smoking in a restaurant, the people around him are sure to breathe(呼吸) in the smoke and suffer(受苦，患病) from the diseases an active smoker gets. If smoking is banned, spread of these diseases can be controlled(控制).Next, banning smoking will put stress on smokers to give up. Since a smoker is prevented from smoking, he will learn how to live without smoking for long hours. When a smoker doesn’t smell or see anybody around him smoking, it might reduce his wish to smoke too. As a result, people have to give up smoking.Smoking in public places influences non-smokers to start smoking, especially adolescents. When teens see people around them smoking, they will follow them. Thus the number of teen smokers will increase. Also asthma(哮喘) and other problems are often seen in children living around smokers. So if it is banned, these places will become safe for children and teenagers.Smoking should be banned to increase work productivity(生产率). Employees(雇员) who smoke usually take breaks to smoke while working. So the number of hours they put in their work is smaller.If you see from the environment point of view, smoking should be banned. Smoking causes air pollution. If it is banned, it will help keep the environment from getting worse.49. __________ isn’t a non-smoking place.A. A fieldB. A hospitalC. A libraryD. A restaurant50. The second paragraph mainly wants to tell us __________.A. banning smoking is good for restaurantsB. banning smoking is good for non-smokersC. banning smoking is good for spread of diseasesD. banning smoking is good for active smokers and passive smokers51. According to the text, the underlined word “adolescents” means __________.A. menB. womenC. adultsD. teenagers52. Which of the following statements in NOT true?A. If smoking is banned, work productivity will increase.B. If smoking is banned, the number of teen smokers will be larger.C. If smoking is banned, it will make the environment become better.D. If smoking is banned, smokers will learn how to live without smoking.DYour brain controls everything you do. It makes it possible for you to think, learn, create and feel; to blink(眨眼) and breathe and for your heart to beat—this fantastic control center is your brain. It is so amazing that a famous scientist once called it “the most complex(复杂) thing we have discovered in our universe”.Can this small grey organ(器官), which weighs less than one and a half kilos, really do so much? Amazingly, your brain contains(包含) about 100 billion neurons(神经元)—it would take you over 3,000 years to count them all. Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never stops. Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the world. And although one neuron creates only a little electricity, all your neurons together can produce enough electricity to power a light bulb (灯泡).So exactly how fast does your brain work? Well, imagine this: a bee lands on your foot. Neurons in your skin send this information to your brain at a speed of more than 240 kilometers per hour. Your brain then uses other neurons to send the message back to your foot to shake the bee off quickly. These neurons can send this information at more than 320 kilometers per hour. No computer has your b rain’s unbelievable ability to deal with the amount of information coming from your eyes, ears and other sensory(感觉的) organs.But how does your brain allow you to learn things that you will use in the future? The structure (结构) of your brain changes every time you have a new thought, remember or learn something. For example, riding a bike seems impossible at first, but soon you are able to do it. How? As you practice, your brain sends “bike riding”messages again and again. Soon, the actions are learnt and you are able to ride a bike easily from then on.53. From the passage we know that neurons __________.A. receive messages very slowlyB. are only found in your skinC. send messages to your brainD. need electricity to work54. When you have a new thought, __________.A. your brain will power a light bulbB. your heart beats fasterC. you remember somethingD. the structure of your brain changes55. The article is mainly about __________.A. all the steps when your brain learns thingsB. what an unbelievable organ the human brain isC. how the brain makes people smarter than computersD. the things you can do to make your brain work faster七、阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。